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I joined a team of IP attorneys from the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law to cleanup the Miami shoreline at a local park. We picked up nearly 100 lbs. of trash along the shore! It was an eye-opening and rewarding experience participating in the ABA-IPL Midyear 2017 Service Project. Make sure you sign…

On this episode, we have San Francisco, CA attorney Francine Ward. Francine’s practice focuses on business law and intellectual property law, with a focus on copyright and trademark law, publishing rights and publishing contracts, entertainment contracts, and social media law. Francine is currently Of Counsel to Monty White LLP. Francine can be reached at info@fwardattorney.com…

I am excited and honored to have the opportunity to represent Belmont University College of Law and the phenomenal opportunities I had as a law student in an interview article with Attorney At Law Magazine! I cannot recommend the Belmont University law school program enough. I also talk about the support I had through the American Bar Association’s…

Today, I took a trip to visit the TWiT studio (soon to be relocated) and made an in-person appearance on the weekly TV show, This WEEK in LAW! Denise Howell was out, but Emory Roane and J. Michael Keyes held down the hosting gig and rocked it. I was a guest panelist along with Colette…

At this year’s Consumer Electronic Show (CES), the Internet of Things took over the show floors—pushing aside 3D printers and pulling ears away from Sony’s hi-res audio initiative. The Internet of Things, or IoT abbreviated, is all about leveraging wireless technologies to enhance the interoperability of objects and items that consumers interact with on a daily basis. Single-use coffee pods, cars, smoke detectors, power outlets, light bulbs, and more have all been transformed to communicate both with each other on a local level and across networks miles apart.

I once again had the pleasure of joining Denise Howell on the legal podcast This WEEK in LAW on Friday. Evan was out and I did my best to fill in for him while he was away. Take a listen and hopefully you can learn about some of the latest news stories going on in technology and entertainment law!

Pre-order today! The ABA’s newest publication, “Careers in IP Law: Avenues and Opportunities,” is now available from the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law. Click here to order a copy. I had the chance to flip through a copy of the book at the Intellectual Property Law Conference in Washington, D.C. last week…

With trade dress being a hot topic in thenewsrecently, you know the 28th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, VA would have an entire CLE session devoted to the topic! “The Blonde, the Red Shoe, the Round-Cornered Rectangles: Debating the Frontiers of Trade Dress Law” CLE session will take place on Thursday, April 4th, from 8:30 AM until 10:00 AM in Salons I and II of the Arlington Ballroom.

Credit: U.S. International Trade CommissionWait! Don’t leave! One of the capstone CLE events of the 28th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, VA this year covers the topic of Section 337 investigations. The CLE session will take place on Friday, April 5th, from 3:30 PM until 5:00 PM in Salon IV of the Arlington Ballroom. Plus, the program is eligible for ethics credit!

Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is used most often in the area of intellectual property to prohibit the unfair methods of competition or other unfair acts in the importation of goods into the United States. Claims include allegations of patent infringement and trademark infringement by imported goods.

We are less than a week away from the ABA’s 28th Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference in Arlington, VA! There will be over 30 Continuing Legal Education credit sessions, some eligible for ethics credit, in addition to multiple networking events. I will be covering one of the sessions on Copyright called “Copyright Infringement in Patent Prosecution: Might Your Firm Be the Next Litigation Target?” at 8:30 AM in the Arlington Salons 5 and 6.